Ex-Googlers launches 'Web3' Search Engine Startup gets Series A fundingfunding

Nxyz - A Startup focused on Blockchain Search

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search.n.xyz

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Sridhar Ramaswamy

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Investors

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Why is this interesting?

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User centric approach

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What a Web3 Search Engine crawl

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Team behind the Web3 search engine

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